hospital

An example of hospital is where someone would go to have surgery done.

The emergency entrance to a hospital.

hospital

noun

Obsolete

a place of shelter and rest for travelers, etc.

a charitable institution for providing and caring for the aged, infirm, orphaned, etc.: now only in names

an institution providing medical, surgical, or psychiatric testing and treatment for people who are ill, injured, pregnant, etc. on an inpatient, outpatient, or emergency care basis: often involved with public health programs, research, medical education, etc.: in British English, usually without an article when preceded by a preposition

Informal a repair shop for dolls, clocks, or other small items

Origin of hospital

Middle English ; from Old French ; from Late Latin hospitale, a house, inn ; from Classical Latin (cubiculum) hospitale, guest (room), neuter of hospitalis, of a guest ; from hospes: see hospice

hospital

noun

a. A facility that provides emergency, inpatient, and usually outpatient medical care for sick or injured people.

b. A facility that provides veterinary care for sick or injured animals.

Chiefly British A charitable institution, such as an orphanage or a home for the elderly.

A repair shop for specified items: a doll hospital.

Archaic A hospice for travelers or pilgrims.

Origin of hospital

Middle English, hospice, from Old French ospital, from Medieval Latin hospitāle, from neuter of Latin hospitālis, of a guest, from hospes, hospit-, guest; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.